Molecular Characterization of Regulatory Genes Associated with Biofilm Variation in a Staphylococcus aureus Strain
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Kim, Jong-Hyun
(Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health)
Kim, Cheorl-Ho (Department of Biological Science, Sungkyunkwan University) Hacker, Jorg (Institut fur Molekulare Infektionsbiologie) Ziebuhr, Wilma (Institut fur Molekulare Infektionsbiologie) Lee, Bok-Kwon (Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health) Cho, Seung-Hak (Division of Enteric Bacterial Infections, Center for Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health) |
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